Search results for "Cellular distribution"

Biological properties of extracellular vesicles and their physiological functions

2015

The authors wish to thank Dr R Simpson and Dr D Taylor for critical reading of the manuscript and acknowledge the Horizon 2020 European Cooperation in Science and Technology programme and its support of our European Network on Microvesicles and Exosomes in Health & Disease (ME-HaD; BM1202 www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/bmbs/Actions/BM1202). In the past decade, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been recognized as potent vehicles of intercellular communication, both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. This is due to their capacity to transfer proteins, lipids and nucleic acids, thereby influencing various physiological and pathological functions of both recipient and parent cells. While intensive invest…

N-acetyl-L-glutamate in brain: assay, levels, and regional and subcellular distribution.

1991

N-Acetyl-L-glutamate (NAG), the activator of mitochondrial carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CPS), is demonstrated by several methods, including a new HPLC assay, in the brain of mammals and of chicken. The brain levels of NAG are 200-300 times lower than the levels of N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA), and are similar to the levels of NAG in rat liver. The NAG levels in chicken liver are very low. Although NAG is mitochondrial in the liver, it is cytosolic in brain. Using enzyme activity and immuno assays we did not detect CPS in brain (detection limit, 12.5 micrograms/g brain), excluding that brain NAG is involved in citrullinogenesis. The regional distribution of brain NAG differs from that of NA…

Subcellular distribution of ras in human and murine fibroblasts.

1996

Abstract Ras proteins play a significant role in signal transduction in response to growth factors and in cell transformation. To be active, ras has to be translocated to the cell membrane. Since subcellular distribution has been mainly studied in vector-transformed cells which highly express ras proteins, and it has been difficult to detect ras in cells expressing the protein at physiological levels, we studied subcellular distribution in human and murine fibroblasts. Here we show for the first time that a significant amount of ras is associated with the membrane skeleton and the cytoskeleton.

Cellular and subcellular distribution of receptors in the entorhinal—hippocampal system: Morphologic and biochemical aspects

1993

Vergleich der subcellulären Verteilung von 3H-Strophanthin und 3H-Digi-toxin im Meerschweinchenherzen / Comparison of the Subcellular Distribution of…

1969

Um Aufschlus uber den Wirkort von Herzglykosiden in der Herzmuskelzelle zu erhalten, wurde die subcellulare Verteilung von 3H-Digitoxin und 3H-Strophanthin untersucht und mit dem positiv inotropen Effekt verglichen. Meerschweinchenherzen wurden nach der Langendorff-Methode mit glykosidhaltiger Tyrodelosung (3 · 10−7 bzw. 2,8 · 10−7 g/ml; 37°C) perfundiert; die Kontraktionskraft wurde fortlaufend isotonisch registriert. Die Glykosidkonzentration in den einzelnen Fraktionen wurde nach Homogenisation, Differentialzentrifugation und Extraktion der Glykoside mit Toluol bzw. Dioxan mit einem Flussigkeitsszintillations-zahlgerat bestimmt. Die Ruckverteilung wahrend der Aufarbeitung wurde in Kontro…